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2016 Baseball Forecaster Excerpt
I joke with others that my biggest fear is that my tombstone epitaph will read, “Fantasy Baseball Expert.” If that is how my life’s work will be encapsulated, then I must have done something wrong. But the fact remains: the Baseball Forecaster celebrates its 30th Anniversary edition with its release this week. And as I…
Read MoreWhy I Still Use the Bill James Handbook
In an age when virtually every tiny piece of minutia can be found somewhere on the internet, there are times when you just need a book. I have been getting The Bill James Handbook (BJH) since well before the turn of the century, back when the cover was red and the publisher was STATS Inc.…
Read MoreMy fandom has been contaminated
Once upon a time, I was a New York Mets fan. I never had to think too hard. I just root, root, rooted for the home team, and immersed myself in the social aspect of fandom. That meant beer, dogs and yelling a lot. This morning I woke up feeling sick. Yes, my Mets lost…
Read MoreDeconstructing DFS: Separating the Game from the Gambling
The fantasy sports industry has shifted into defense mode to combat the threat of coming regulation. Their case rests on a carve-out in the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) that provides a definition for what constitutes a legal game. The core issue: is fantasy sports a game of chance or a game…
Read MoreThe Fuzzy Place Where Daily Fantasy Lives
When the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was passed in 2006, daily fantasy sports (DFS) were not in existence. One could argue that the law might have been worded differently had DFS been around then – a fact corroborated by one of the law’s writers – but the current fantasy sports carve-out still has…
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